St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-03-19
MISCELLANEOUS,

Au AlO1ny IN. tODOgSan Cnute
sends the passengers down at the rate
Of ninety-three miles an hour.
The Sioux tribe Of Indians have q
sub-chief who is named: "The-man.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES left
behind" 1t is needless to say that his
squaw was after him with . club.-De-
troit Free Press.
"A man in Ontario can repeat per.
fectly one hundred and sixty-cight
chapters of the Bible, fifty-eight psalms
and every collect, epistle and gospel in
the ecclesiastical year. according to the
English Church prayer-book.-Aostrcal
Witness.
AT Washington. Pa, . few days
ago q natural gas-pipe became clogged
up. and on investigation it was found
that the pipe was filled with crystalline
salts, which had been deposited from
the brine flowing with the gas. The
mass extended forty feet
An Austrian electrician named
Marcus, is supplying the German navy
with . newly invented petroleum en-
CINE for torpedo-boats. The. engine is
set in motion by electromagnetic. and
is more powerful than steam engine
Of the same size.
Spain has u torpedo cruiser, COM
pared with which the grayhounds of the
sea are but rs waddling ocean poodlcs.
This remarkable vessel is the Destructor
recently launched at Glasgow, which on
her trial trip developed the speed Of
about 272 miles an hour.
The Queen of Greece takes her air
ings in a carriage for which she paid
five thousand dollars. It was built for
the triumphal entry Of the Comte de
Chambord into Paris, which never took
place. owing to circumstances over
which the Comte had no control.
An evening paper. in giving . re.
port Of . recent meeting of washer
women in Berlin. said. after explaining
that the male sex were carefully ex-
clutled from the room, that the women,
on discovering that gentleman was in
their midst, rose as one MANI T.
Telegram.
In Chicago are two or three women
who earn living by making button
holes for herwomen who have neither
the patience nor skill to do this branch
Of sewing. They charge twenty-five
cents dozen. and can earn from one
dollar to dollar and half day.
Chicago Herald.
Owing mainly to the exertions OF
Crown Prince Rudolph. vaccination has
been made compulsory in the Austrian
army. Since last October all the SOL
diers in active service have been vacci-
mated. and the effects Of this measure
are manifesting themselves in the fact
that among the thirty to forty small
pox cases which have daily been re-
ported in Pesth for some months, there
has not been . single soldier.
The Belgian Government offers
prize Of 1--WE thousand dollars, to be
awarded in 1889, to the author of the
best work on the progress Of electricity
in its uses as motor and for lighting
purposes, and all applications that
can be made Of it for such purposes,
and the economy and advantages
which its use may offer. The prize
is open to all nationalities, and the
manuscript may be written in En-
glish. French, Flemish, German. Italian
or Spanish.
Two Chicago men discussed the
weather the other morning. one claim
ing that the mercury was below zero,
the other that it was above. Then they
backed up their opinions with money,
and hurried to the nearest drug store
to consult the thermometer. The man
who thought the weather extremely
cold was near-sighted. and while he was
engaged in preparing to look at the in
struRlent the other held his lighted
cigar under the bulb and won his bet
with Chicago Mail.
General Scofield says that If the press
reports Ofthe recent train robbery on the
Fort Worth & Denver road are true, the
Captain in charge Of the troops which
surrendered without a struggle should
be shot, and his men tried for disobeying
the rule for the conduct of q United
States soldier. ANY United States SOL
der who gives up his arms is a coward"
the General adds, land I am glad we
have found out the five men who it is
reported gave up their arms, for they
will not longer be wanted in the service
of the limited States IN y HernlA